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you think "dallas," everyone thinks of j.r. ewing. he really, really made that show. it was so touching in a recent interview piers morgan, he said i didn't want to come back unless my friends joined my. as one of them said, no one can replace larry. so it will be hard to rewrite that story line. but unfortunately it's something they'll have to do since things changed. >> thank you so much from hollywood, appreciate it. >>> another sad ending, hector comacho, the former boxing chapelon who beat such fighters as roberto durant and sugar ray leonard is dead. he was taken off life support today by his family. last night before the family made that decision, his mother told reporters in puerto rico, "for me, he's not alive." the former boxing champ was shot in the face outside a bar near san juan tuesday night. he was at first expected to survive. but his condition worsened. and he was declared clinically brain dead. >>> one of the fbi's most wanted fugitives is now in custody. jose saenz was captured thursday night in mexico. he faces prosecution in los angeles for the m
you think "dallas," everyone thinks of j.r. ewing. he really, really made that show. it was so touching in a recent interview piers morgan, he said i didn't want to come back unless my friends joined my. as one of them said, no one can replace larry. so it will be hard to rewrite that story line. but unfortunately it's something they'll have to do since things changed. >> thank you so much from hollywood, appreciate it. >>> another sad ending, hector comacho, the former...
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j.r. ewing on the hit series "there's a." larry hagman has died in a texas hospital. he 81 years old. he was battling cancer for several years. >>> investigators trying to figure out the source of a gas explosion that damaged more than 40 buildings in springfield, massachusetts. a wwwlp camera captured the moment of blast. they had evacuated some residents after receiving reports of a gas smell. >>> emergency at the u.s. state department. fire trucks raced to the department headquarters in washington shortly before noon. a flash fire as it's described in the duct work of the building forced everyone to evacuate and sent three people to hospital one in serious condition. construction workers were among the few people in the building because of the holiday weekend. >>> 38 days now before the fiscal cliff. lawmakers return to work monday trying to cut a deal. if congress and president obama fail to reach an agreement massive tax cuts and spending cuts automatically kick in january 1. anti-tax crusader slamming chambliss. he broke with norquist no tax break pledge. he car
j.r. ewing on the hit series "there's a." larry hagman has died in a texas hospital. he 81 years old. he was battling cancer for several years. >>> investigators trying to figure out the source of a gas explosion that damaged more than 40 buildings in springfield, massachusetts. a wwwlp camera captured the moment of blast. they had evacuated some residents after receiving reports of a gas smell. >>> emergency at the u.s. state department. fire trucks raced to the...
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he was best known for playing j.r. ewing on the series "dallas" and who slot j.r. was famous as one of the great cliffhangers of television show history. in one of his last interviews, larry hagman and his "dallas" co-star linda gray sat down with ron corning in dallas, just a few weeks ago. >> let's talk about you two. i sense, and i have read, and i sense that you two are kind of besties. would you say? >> i would say, i don't know about her. >> you know don't. >> is that cool? after all these years? >> he was always a fool. >> larry has always been interesting to me. he plays the bad guy, but it's always with a twinkle and that little smile that unnerves you. it just tweaks you so he's not the flat bad guy. and he's not mean and he's not evil. >> he's the most likable villain on television. >> and the most talented actor. >> are we recording this? >> yes, we are. >> thank you. >> you all seem like you are in this together, like in a real special way. is that true? >> it's a team effort, that's for sure. sure, patrick duffy and linda gray and are are the elder st
he was best known for playing j.r. ewing on the series "dallas" and who slot j.r. was famous as one of the great cliffhangers of television show history. in one of his last interviews, larry hagman and his "dallas" co-star linda gray sat down with ron corning in dallas, just a few weeks ago. >> let's talk about you two. i sense, and i have read, and i sense that you two are kind of besties. would you say? >> i would say, i don't know about her. >> you know...
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despite roles on film and on stage, hagman will always be remembered as the villainous j.r. ewing. when j.r. was shot by an unknown assailant, it became one of the most famous cliffhangers in tv history, watched by 300 million people from all around the world. hagman never expected the show to endure. >> i just started the show doing six shows. i never thought it would do 300. >> reporter: in fact, the "dallas" franchise was so successful, the series was recently reprised. the u.s. network tnt brought it back with a new generation of ewings and hagman came back, too, returning as j.r. once again. critics say he was the best thing about "dallas." but explaining the character's appeal, hagman once said, the time is ripe for a real bad guy and i'm it. >> have a good day, master? >> i'm going to have a wonderful day, genie. >> reporter: it was a good guy who larry hagman blasted into people's living rooms playing astronaut tony nelson on "i dream of genie." the show is still popular in syndication. even as a kid, hagman orbited in showbiz as the son of peter pan star mary martin, his m
despite roles on film and on stage, hagman will always be remembered as the villainous j.r. ewing. when j.r. was shot by an unknown assailant, it became one of the most famous cliffhangers in tv history, watched by 300 million people from all around the world. hagman never expected the show to endure. >> i just started the show doing six shows. i never thought it would do 300. >> reporter: in fact, the "dallas" franchise was so successful, the series was recently reprised....
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. >>> i am so excited about this, j.r. ewing, sue ellen and bobby are back. the original dallas which ran on cbs from 1978 to 1991 remains one of the most popular television series of all time. now tnt is reviving the series which follows the original characters and their children. and what about the bitter rivalries and cliffhangers that made the show so successful? two of the stars told me what to expect. >> i'm so excited about this series, i have my dvr set, i'm all exciteded about it. linda, what made you decide to revive your old role? >> what brought me back? we were choedsen that's what our executive producer says, she chose and she calls us the big three, and she invited us back to play this crazy dysfunctional world again. who would say no to that, because, you know, i love working with larry and patrick and we knew that we would never get to work together again because we're too recognize as those characters. so this was like a yahoo, let's do it. re let's go to texas and do it again. >> and josh, are you ready do join this dysfunctional family? >>
. >>> i am so excited about this, j.r. ewing, sue ellen and bobby are back. the original dallas which ran on cbs from 1978 to 1991 remains one of the most popular television series of all time. now tnt is reviving the series which follows the original characters and their children. and what about the bitter rivalries and cliffhangers that made the show so successful? two of the stars told me what to expect. >> i'm so excited about this series, i have my dvr set, i'm all exciteded...
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j.r. and the ewing family are back. ♪ remember that? after 20 years off the air, tnt's new "dallas" had almost 7 million viewers in its debut on wednesday on our sister network, tnt. that was more than any other cable series premiere this year. which got us thinking what classic show would you most like to see revived? the early results of our poll are in, it is close, "happy days" and "friends" leading the way. we don't see the poll? okay. "all in the family," loved that show. "cheers," "cosby show" trailing there. i like your comments. there is the poll. go to facebook.com/donlemoncnn. thank you very much. >>> now we're going to get you caught up on the headlines. a deadly stage collapse in toronto killed a stagehand and injured several other people. a section of scaffolding collapsed. the concert has been canceled. >>> cnn learned that a sate psychologist will examine former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky tomorrow. on friday, a court order allowed the defense in the child abuse trial to introduce testimony that je
j.r. and the ewing family are back. ♪ remember that? after 20 years off the air, tnt's new "dallas" had almost 7 million viewers in its debut on wednesday on our sister network, tnt. that was more than any other cable series premiere this year. which got us thinking what classic show would you most like to see revived? the early results of our poll are in, it is close, "happy days" and "friends" leading the way. we don't see the poll? okay. "all in the...